Dev Blog: Hard mode dungeons and equipment drop

[BlueMage]

I get the whole challenge aspect and people would run them for challenge (not a lot, kind of like wow challenge dungeons - just vanity items and no gear to make you more powerful)... However, with it being harder (at least I assume they'll be hard) they really should have upped the gear drop from these places. With CT coming out which is lvl 80 gear drops, this should have been one of those stepping stones that 70 gear thus giving you another way to obtain lvl 70 gear giving you the option of either buying it with tokens or running dungeons hoping for a drop. With their set up, people are going to continue to run ak/wp because those can be knocked out in 15-25 mins and these will probably take 30-40 mins but the gear is the same. This is a poor design on their part. First it was releasing a dungeon that drops IL 90 gear before the level 80 gear and now this. I hope in the future they do it the other way around.

These dungeons are designed to be completed in AF1, according to the devs. They're the same difficulty as WP, if not easier. They're meant to offer more variety for the WP/AK level of farming. 5 dungeons to farm phil/myth, instead of 2. I'm tired of WP/AK, but I still farm them for myth/phil, so farming these new dungeons instead will be refreshing.

Also, i70 gear isn't needed for CT, as they've said CT is designed to be completed by players in i55 (WP, less than the new dungeons) level of gear. So these new dungeons can be a stepping stone for newer players to get into CT, and then CT awards i80 gear.

[EvokerKeii]

That cowl looks like every other cowl 1-50.

[BlueMage]

Hopefully the new gear is dyeable. I mean, it *should* be, considering its the same as various 1-50 sets which are dyeable, but then so is AK gear - which isn't dyeable.

[mindful]

What they need to do with the hardmode is to have the boss give a random chance. You can get a one piece item lv70 gear equal to the darklight gear. Example a hard mode only head piece. That can random drop from copperbell boss hardmode of that style only and dye able and convertable. with half the tokens reward and myth be the same as wp and ak. But the drop rate should be nasty hard and probally be faster to just to get the token route. This way people got a random chance to get the gear faster on luck or they would still have to get the darklight gear the token route. It would also change players looks. I see no one even playing hardmode, but one time. Even with the gear only being item lv55-60. Give players a reason to play it. Besides looks.

[CUTS3R]

That Elezen looks badass, i like her hairstyle and "ninja-ish" mask. apart from that, all my gear is better, stat and looking wise.

Edit: Oh well looks im still gonna Need to death on them regardless if people want the drops.
Im just needing so i can turn this stufff into Seals.

What ? Im being greedy ?
/care.

[Razzle]

I remember that on 1.0 (too lazy to find the source) SE blamed gear looks reskinning on PS3 limitations... I wonder if that's still the case lol

[Trystan]

Dont care about the gear so much - but I love playing one-group-dungeons, so I really am looking forward to 3 (more or less) new Dungeons on lvl 50.

[viion]

Will do once, ignore gear. All fugly and useless.

[Kyomih]

Say no to cowls..
Also, as others have mentioned: If you reskin please reskin some of the lower level dungeon gear that actually looks unique.

[Nocens]

What ilvl is this gear?